"Taken as a whole, the experience of being an audience member of Cacophony for 8 Players was like being the reader of a poem. On a first read, the language sounds melodious, the rhythms pretty. But the more the reader engages with it, the more satisfying it becomes. Its internal network of connections become clearer, and, at the same time, it opens itself up to the world outside the poem—or, in this case, the performance. Here, the textual voices (Bharata Muni, etc.) helped open the work up to history and philosophy as recorded by the written word." - Anna Waller, Seattle Dances, 2014

The presentation of the evening-length premiere was in part supported by a Group Projects grant from 4 Culture, On The Boards Northwest New Works Festival, Conduit Dance + Festival, artist-in-residence awards from Performance Works Northwest and Open Flight Studio, donors through Seattle Foundation’s GIVE BIG, and 76 other individual donors. The project is supported through partnerships with Velocity Dance Center and Gamelan Pacifica.